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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "mahamoudou traore" <mahamoudou_traore07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mahamoudoutraore@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:06:33 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND TOP SECRET
MR MAHAMOUDOU TRAORE
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager at the bill and exchange department Africa Development Bank
(ADB) here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$18.2m dollars ( USdollars)in an account that belonging
to one of our foreign customer.(ANDREAS SCHRANNER FROM GERMANY) who died
along with his entire family in Monday,31 July,2000, in a
plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unlessn
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next
of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 45% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of a foriegn account , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business and 50% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,
your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
application .I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter.Trusting to hear from you
immediately.
Dear p/s reply this email thanks
Yours Faithfully,Mr.Mahamoudou Traore.
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